This year our holiday seasons are certainly not like other years. Many of the things we look forward to celebrating each year have been put on pause in order to help one another stop the spread of Covid-19, and minimize this pandemic. Those beloved dishes, our loved ones, the memories we cherish each holiday won’t…
Effortless Holiday Entertaining Tips
Don’t forget to search the Blog Archives for endless ideas for Thanksgiving and Holiday inspiration of all types, whether you’re keeping the holiday season this year small and intimate, like myself, or you’re attempting towards a safe distant gathering season….. I hope you find some of the joy and magic you love about this time…
Classic Peanut Butter Ice Cream
There are certain desserts that I wholeheartedly believe are year-long delights to bake and enjoy. Their simplistic essence that only needs a handful of ingredients to naturally and wildly transform according to the season, the ingredients available at hand or whatever imagination is setting the mood. And yet these desserts are sought out and devoured…
Send Love From Afar :: 5 Printable Cards to Cheer Up Your Besties
This year hasn’t been an easy one. Between adapting to quarantine life and fighting against social injustice, your mental well-being has likely taken a toll. While it’s been difficult, 2020 has also opened our eyes to the many ways in which we can connect with each other and lift up the people we love from…
Autumn Florals :: A Foraged Peony Arrangement
I’ve always looked to the softness of Autumn. It’s how I cope with the changing of the season. A season, followed by another season well of which I hibernate. It’s true. There is no hiding that I really don’t like Autumn. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I get sad when it…
Autumn Mood :: Slow Comforts & Quiet Warm Color Palettes
Autumn…I welcome your slowness. I will approach this season, this year, with that same slowness. With more ease, rest. A reset of sorts. Diving deep within, appreciating the details right in front of me that I love and am inspired by. Cherishing those moments in time that are crafting a comforting new season… To savor the…
Swooning Over the Graceful Beauty of Clematis…
Nature is certainly a wonder. Each of its elements an awe-inspiring beauty. The garden a delight in every sense, and those who feel a connection to nature in their heart and soul and have a garden they tend to daily, will tell you there’s this unexplainable connection felt with each of it’s lovely growing beings…
Modern Traditionalism meets a Floral Wonder for this Portuguese Wedding :: Part 2…All the Details!!
We’ve walked through time, back to the special moments of Christie and Mario’s wedding day, now let’s take a moment to swoon and get lost in all the beautiful and magical details….. Like I mentioned before, Aqueduto is one of those unique beautiful venues that evokes a stunning simplistic and modern minimalist charm that can…
Modern Traditionalism meets a Floral Wonder for Christie & Mario’s Portuguese Wedding at Aqueduto Events
It was a picturesque summer day, the brisk wind breezed in the sunshine and family and friends from the US, northern Portugal, France and neighboring European countries were gathered to celebrate the marriage of Christie and Mario. To think that less than 10 months before, Mario had asked his longtime best friend Christie to be…
Vanilla Bean Milk Panna Cotta
When quarantine first began, way back in the middle of March, the one thing I was actually looking forward to was the time to bake and cook freely for myself. Yes, I cook everyday but with my event work and holiday baking, finding the time to cook more elaborate dishes or bake sweets that I…
